We are excited to be participating in CASOLOGY's 5-year anniversary blog hop today! We've been a sponsor of the CASology cue cards a few times over the last (almost) 2 years since C9 started. Melissa is super sweet & we have fun participating in these challenges!

Today's challenge is BALLOON. As we looked through all of our products, we realized we don't have a traditional balloon! WHAT the what?!? Well, that's about to change! In the meantime, we decided to 'alter' one of our stamp sets a bit to meet this challenge! After all, that is the fun part, right?...being challenged to come up with something that you might not have...a way to stretch your stamps!

1) Die cut the round balloon & the the banner shape from the Globe Greetings die in matching cardstock.2) Clip off one of the triangle banner shapes to use as the bottom of the balloon where it ties off.3) Stamp fun florals from the Globe Greetings stamp set on to the balloon. It looks like a pretty, printed balloon, or confetti jumping all around!4) Trim your card base, white and vellum layering pieces with your trimmer.5) Stamp your balloon string. Can you see in the stamp set where this is from?? It's intended use was the airplane trail, but straighten your stamp out before stamping down (which is the beauty of photopolymer) and it makes a perfect string!6) Attach your balloon on top of the stamped string using foam tape to give it some lift off your card front. Tie black twine at the bottom of the balloon.7) Die cut two more banner pieces from another color of cardstock. These will swag behind your big balloon. You can trim off pieces, or tuck behind the ballon if you need to.8) The card needed one last element , a big bold sentiment, so we diecut CELEBRATE from our All About You dies in black cardstock, which really pops and is a perfect size for this big balloon! It is also the perfect sentiment for this challenge today as we all help CASology CELEBRATE this great anniversary!

So, what do you think? Were we able to meet this challenge even though we didn't start out using a balloon stamp/die set? We hope you will try to do different things with your stamps & dies too. It is really a fun challenge!

Next up in the hop is Judy Marino. Be sure you hop along through all the stops because there are tons of prizes and lots of inspiration along the way! If you get lost, start over at CASology!

Details:

To be eligible for the sponsor prizes, participants must comment on all stops included on the hop list. Winners will be selected randomly using random.org.

To be eligible for the CASology prize, participants must comment on all stops included on the hop + link up a BALLOON themed card to the gallery. Winner will be selected randomly using random.org.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, August 1.

100 Responses

ionabunny

July 31, 2017

Love your fun balloon. Happy 5th Anniversary CASology. Hugz

Sherrie M.

July 31, 2017

Fabulous card! Love the vellum layer and color scheme. Thanks for being a supporter of CASology! We love C9 too!

Milka

July 31, 2017

What an ADORABLE card!!! Love it!!! :o)

karenladd

July 31, 2017

Love how you used dies and stamps to make your own balloon…adorable!

Stefanie White

July 30, 2017

Awesome, exactly the panic moment I go through when so first read the challenge word. Then I take a deep breath and search. Great card, loving the colors.

Kris in Alaska

July 30, 2017

What a perfectly lovely balloon!

Kathy Schweinfurth

July 30, 2017

Oh, this is SO pretty! Such a beautiful cas design, too!

Christy Q

July 30, 2017

What a cool balloon and I love how you used a non-balloon set to create it!

Joyce M.

July 30, 2017

Your card is fabulous. Thanks so much for your support of CASology over the years.

Deanna Belli

July 30, 2017

Great card

Yvette

July 30, 2017

Beautiful card !

Marianne

July 30, 2017

Fun and clever all in one!

Lynne in NI

July 30, 2017

Love your pretty balloon!

Ann Marie Greenspan

July 30, 2017

What pretty colors on your stamped balloon! I hope I have time to make a card and play along.

LucieG

July 30, 2017

Oh my goodness! I can’t believe that you haven’t produced any balloon stamps yet! Looking forward to seeing them in the future! Anyway, love how you tackled the challenge – so creative! Fabulous card!

Helen W

July 30, 2017

Such a versatile stamp set. Love the idea!

Mac Mable

July 30, 2017

So unique and such a fun layout. Gorgeous colours and layering. Thank you for the inspiration x

D.Ann C

July 30, 2017

Well, you smart cookies! I looked at my C&oth bear and thought… he outta have a balloon, but I wasn’t smart enough to make one for him. lol! Thanks for sponsoring this fun hop… Happy 5th anniversary, CASology!

Lucy E.

July 30, 2017

Awesome balloon!
You rose to the challenge :-)

Ishani S

July 30, 2017

This card is just gorgeous.. the banner beneath is just awesome.. lovely little details!

Gail Plaskiewicz

July 29, 2017

This is so pretty! I love how it’s one big balloon and then it has the flowers on it and the word Celebrate. My mom would have liked this card on her 90th birthday today. Thanks for showing us your pretty card and for giving us the chance to win something. I want to win because all of the prizes look so amazing!

Mary-Anne V

July 29, 2017

Very pretty card…love the little banner.

Cathy R

July 29, 2017

Great card, love the diecuts, Cathy x

Kimberly ostgard

July 29, 2017

Nice way to make ballooon cards. Any shape can do it.

CRISTINA

July 29, 2017

Lovely card!!!!

Cornelia (fun stamping)

July 29, 2017

Such an awesome balloon card!

Angela Tarasenko

July 29, 2017

Gorgeous set!!!

Mimi

July 29, 2017

Clever!!! Who needs a balloon stamp… I like the globe set, and now you’ve shown us how versatile it is!

marta

July 29, 2017

you’re right. you can do a balloon even if you don’t have a ballon die (or stamp)
great idea of use another similar die

Lillian K

July 29, 2017

The different shades of pink are lovely! Very girly card :)

Valliam

July 28, 2017

So creative! Love the way you use the round die cut for the balloon :)

Cheryl S

July 28, 2017

Such a pretty card. I love the clever way you used other stamp/die sets to make it!

Liz O

July 28, 2017

Love the ballon design, it reminds me of those giant ballons with confetti, ? I need to add those dies and stamps to my wish list, thanks for the inspiration and for being part of the celebration. Congrats to CASology ??

Doni High

July 28, 2017

Very creative use of your stamps and dies.
Thanks for the inspiration.

Theresa P

July 28, 2017

Love the stamp that you used for the balloon. Great card!

Angie Hall

July 28, 2017

How clever to use a non-balloon stamp to make a balloon. I may “case” your idea of decorating the balloon with small images. Thanks for sponsoring the hop..

preeti d.

July 28, 2017

superb card :) love how you turned the circle into a balloon, very cool

Riette Gasser

July 28, 2017

That is such a versatile set and love what you did with it!!!

Miriam Prantner

July 27, 2017

I love how you turned the globe into a balloon, such a pretty one too!

Helen

July 27, 2017

What a delightfully designed balloon! Thanks for sharing your card and a blog hop prize!

Bea Connor

July 27, 2017

Great card-love it.

Kim Faucher

July 27, 2017

Love your creative use of the globe to make a balloon!!! Very nice card. Great colors!!

Pat

July 27, 2017

I love the way you have used the globe to make your large balloon and it is decorated so prettily, and the sentiment across it is the perfect size. I adore the bunting too. x

Crystal O. Minkler

July 27, 2017

Brilliant idea using the circle die! Lovely card!

Karen Walker

July 27, 2017

First, the design on the balloon is wonderful, and then the banner and die cut sentiment make this a fabulous card!

Liz Cavill

July 27, 2017

Great design – very clever. xx

Annie

July 27, 2017

What a beautiful improvisation!! Great job!

Rachel

July 27, 2017

I love the creativity of turning a globe stamp/die set into a balloon! It is great when a stamp set can do double (or triple!) duty.

Jennifer Jane Mills

July 27, 2017

Cute idea. I guess anything can be a balloon

Debbie Rumpza

July 27, 2017

What a great card. So pretty

Sara Peatross

July 27, 2017

I love seeing ways to use my dies and stamps to make things other than the obvious!

Nicole

July 27, 2017

Such a pretty card. It just inspired me to make a similar one. Love the vellum and the banner! Thanks for the inspiration!
Have a happy day, Nicole

Gloria Lee

July 27, 2017

Love this balloon idea. Thank you so much for sharing you idea!

Claire A

July 27, 2017

I love how you’ve improvised to fit the cue word! Such a gorgeous card..so pretty!

Fiki

July 27, 2017

wonderful card!

Janet Ingraham

July 27, 2017

Surprise use of world dies and so pretty

Jenny Martin

July 26, 2017

A very clever idea and so pretty too!

Tammy Lever

July 26, 2017

I totally love that you took a different stamp and made it into a balloon! Fabulous demonstration of, as you mentioned, stretching your stamps and your creativity! Very inspirational! Fun colors and I loved the die cut layers! TFS!

Deborah Jenkins

July 26, 2017

Cool idea!

Shirley N

July 26, 2017

Great way to use that stamp set, thanks for the inspiration!

donna mikasa

July 26, 2017

Such a cleverly constructed balloon!

Gilda (McStamper)

July 26, 2017

Love your fantastic balloon card. So pretty.

Aimee Phillips

July 26, 2017

Love your creativeness!!. Got to love when you can take a stamped image or die and get more than one use out of it.
Love the globe in the first place and the sentiments with – but love the balloon idea also.

Celeste Goff

July 26, 2017

What a fun and creative card! Love how you turned the globe into a balloon!

Jacqueline V.

July 26, 2017

Clever!!

Tee Hall

July 26, 2017

I love the creativity- using the globe stamps to create a beautiful balloon! Gorgeous card!

HelenK

July 26, 2017

I so agree, this is what crafting is about – make the most of our supplies. We don’t have a balloon, let’s find a way to make one!